"The exception that proves the rule" is an interesting phrase. It was originally used in British law in the 17th century to mean that one can infer a general rule from an exception, e.g. "No parking on Sundays" implies parking the rest of the week, hence, the exception proves the rule. But it seems today, when I hear people say it at least, that ( Read more... )

I don't really understand astrology. How is it that a star's position effects things on earth? Is it gravity? Why do they effect everyone the same way, regardless of temporal/sociocultural milieu? (All of the same sign of course)Why is it that people (especially astronomers) find it so threatening? Does it become a self-fulfilling prophecy by those ( Read more... )

I'm going to San Diego in Dec. The 23rd specifically. That's the day after my birthday so hopefully everyone I love will meet me there!!!!!

Who saw Blind Melon for free last night? This guy!

I love to play music. I also love getting paid to play music. Hopefully for this next show I won't be terrified/petrified and just stand there. I'm gunna rock the fuck out.

I love lindsey.

Biology, as a discipline, is mired in context. Isolating a 'moral center' in the brain could lead to new developments in neuroscience, but just studying that part of the brain, without the context (here culture), will tell us little of the actuality of morality. There is a complex interaction between the organism and its enviroment; a healthy human ( Read more... )

Your fecund mind turns me on!

Robyn had a baby girl!!!! 8+ lbs!!!!! I'm smoking a celebratory cigar!!!!!!!! I forgot to take the plastic wrapper off!!!!

A true amalgam of characteristic greatness. The finest case ever made for orthogenetic and teleological forces driving cultural evolution. For those ignorant bastards who are unaware of the heuristic endeavor that is this wild beast of untamable destruction, let them rot in their idle stagnant pond of condescension and be culled from memory, verbal ( Read more... )